For labor organizing, Texas was long dismissed as a forlorn place. “Right-to-work” laws restrict organizing here, most public ...
Texas. Her chapbook, Gemini Gospel, was the winner of Host Publication's Chapbook Contest in Spring 2023. She teaches undergraduate literature at Texas State and coordinates the MFA in Creative ...
The Texas Department of Public Safety has acquired an army of unmanned aerial vehicles—nearly as large as the U.S. Border ...
Her critics would prefer a lesser-known candidate who can concoct a bipartisan pitch. But the Dallas congresswoman believes ...
As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, communities along the Gulf Coast offer cautionary tales.
Her anti-climactic exit from office caps a saga of waning power and growing discord. But what her rise once promised is worth ...
My wife Monica and I had different reasons for journeying to Pedernales. She’s a fan. But our visit to Willie’s golf course ...
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Despite growing anti-Muslim sentiments and discrimination, American Muslims continue to engage civically and thrive as a community.
Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway. When immigration agents detained Douglas ...
A recently leaked memo recalls a sordid history of inappropriate surveillance, but it also identifies a concerning overlap between neo-fascists and hardline religious groups. “The thing that struck me ...
Copy permalink to clipboard https://www.texasobserver.org/mandaeans-san-antonio-trump/ Copied to clipboard Republish Dressed in white, six Mandaean men stand by the ...